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R. PURSE.

GAME.

APPLIOATION IILLD $312.26. 1914.

Patented June 9, 1914 amen 01 Rsemmn PURSE wi fmmm WWW-W mpvw REGINALD PURSE, OLE CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

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Application filed February 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, REGINALD Prmsn, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in games, and relates more particularly to a game which is played with a bat and a spinning top, the game being played by a number of persons so that the winner thereof depends upon the skill with which the bat and top are used.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a game comprising a spinning top of any desired construction, and a bat having a plurality of spaced seats formed therein, the seats being marked with various scoring numbers, the object of the game being to spin the top upon the surface of the bat and toss the top while spinning into the air and then to catch the top as it descends in one of the numbered seats and continue the operation until the top falls to the ground, whereupon the total score is added up, and the person having the highest total wins the game.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in .the accompanying drawing, in which" Figure 1 is a plan view of the bat. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a side view of the bat. Fig. at is a section on the line es of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the bat, which is preferably formed with a wooden plate, and which is provided at one side thereof with a handle 2. In the drawing, 1 have illustrated the bat as annular in shape, but it will of course be understood that the bat may be formed in any desired shape, and if desired may be constructed of material other than wood. Secured on each face of the bat is a metal plate 8, the edge of each plate extending to the edge of the bat. Each plate is provided with a number of raised circles 4:, which form a plurality of seats 5 upon each face of the bat, the circles being of any desired size and number,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, fillet.

Serial No. 821,265.

and if desired, the raised portions of the plates may be of various designs. The plates have stamped or otherwise formed thereon adjacent each ring t a number, the numbers adjacent the rings of each face of the bat being graduated, the smaller num bers being placed adjacent the rings in the center of the bat and the larger numbers being placed adjacent the rings near the outer edge of the bat. Secured to the peripheral edge of the bat, is a stop ring 6, the ring being of relatively greater width than the thickness of the bat, so that the opposite edges of the ring extend beyond the opposite faces of the bat. The numeral 7 designates a spinning top which may be of any desired construction, and which is adapted for use in connection with the bat heretofore described.

In playing the game with my improved bat and the top used in connection therewith, the top is spun on the bat, and the scoring begins as soon as the top is tossed up into the air off of the bat. The bat then reversed while the top is spinning in the air, and as the top descends, the player holding the bat attempts to catch the top in one of the numbered circles. If the top is caught in one of the circles, the player is credited with. the number adjacent the circle in which the top is caught, but if the top drops upon the bat but not into one of the circles no score is credited to the player. The top is continuously tossed up into the air until the same ceases to spin, and the numbers adjacent the pockets into which the player has succeeded in catching the top are added to make the players total score. The game is intended to be played by several people, each person taking a turn with the bat and top, and should the player using the bat fail to catch the top upon the same so that it falls upon the ground. that player loses his chance of winning the game and the bat is passed to the next player. It will of course be understood that the person having the highest score after each one has had a turn with the bat and top wins the game. In the drawing, have illustrated the rings as arranged in circles, and it will of course be understood that the rings may be arranged in any desired manner upon the opposite faces of the bat. In playing the game, the player using the bat and top may be required to reverse the bat each time the top is thrown into the air, or may only be required to reverse the bat after the top is first thrown into the air, this of course being left to the option of the players.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a game which may be played by several participants, the winner of the game depending upon the skill of the persons playing the game. As it is naturally of greater difiiculty to catch the top in one of the rings near the outer edge of the bat than it is in the center thereof, and as these rings adjacent the outer edge of the bat are numbered larger than those in the center, the players will naturally attempt to catch the top in the rings which produce a larger score, thereby taking the risk of failing to catch the top and allowing it to fall upon the ground and losing the game.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A game apparatus comprising a bathaving a handle, plates secured to the opposite faces of said bat, raised rings formed upon said plates, and a spinning top adapted to be caught within the radius of one of said raised rings, as and for the purpose described.

2. A game apparatus comprising a bat having a handle, plates secured to the opposite faces of said bat, raised rings formed on said plates, aid plates being provided with various numbers adjacent said rings, a stop rim connected to the edge of said bat, and a spinning top adapted to be caught within the radius of one of said raised rings, as and for the purpose described.

3. A game apparatus comprising a bat having a handle, a plate connected to one face of said bat, said plate having a plurality of raised rings formed thereon, a stop ring connected to the edge of said bat, said stop ring projecting outwardly of the face of said plate, and a spinning top adapted to be caught in one of said raised rings, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aihx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

REGINALD PURSE.

Witnesses W. G. M. THoMAs, LAVENS M. THOMAS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tho Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

